[Eric] How to set default directory paths in Eric4?

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hello,

it will be high priority on the ToDo list.

Detlev

On Monday 09 July 2012, 08:16:26 Geert Vancompernolle wrote:
> Hi Detlev,
> 
> It would, for sure, be interesting to be able to at least set the
> "workspace" environment (just like Eclipse is doing/asking when starting
> it for the first time).  This way, when you open or create a new project
> (Project - Open... / Project - New...), it will (should) always take the
> given directory as a starting point.
> 
> And since, I think, most people use a "fixed" starting path for their
> projects (e.g. <prefix>/Python/Projects), this should be
> beneficial/useful for quite some people, if not all.
> 
> > Hello Geert,
> > 
> > you won't believe it but that hasn't been built in. eric uses the
> > standard behavior of the QFileDialog, when no "directory" is given.
> > According to the docs it will use the current working directory. Which
> > situations would you suggest to be changed?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Detlev
> > 
> > On Sunday 08 July 2012, 09:17:31 Geert Vancompernolle wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > How can I set default paths in Eric4? When opening projects (Project
> > > -
> > > 
> > > Open), the default directory is "eric4" in the site-packages
> > > directory
> > > 
> > > of Python. Same is true when I want to create a new project: in the
> > > 
> > > Project Properties dialogue box, the "Project Directory" defaults to
> > > 
> > > <python_dir>\Lib\site-packages\eric4\.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I can hardly imagine this is not customisable in Eric4, however, I
> > > can't
> > > 
> > > really find the option to set the paths in the "Settings -
> > > 
> > > Preferences..." dialogue box.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Anyone any idea?
> > 
> > Detlev Offenbach
> > 
> > detlev at die-offenbachs.de
-- 
Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de
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